Atletico Madrid began their LaLiga title defence with a 2-1 win away to Celta Vigo on Sunday thanks to two strikes from Argentine forward Angel Correa although the game ended with a mass brawl and a player from each side was sent off.

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Luis Suarez began the game on the bench and Correa took full responsibility for the team's attacking duties, firing Atletico ahead midway through the first half after a marauding run from Thomas Lemar.

Celta levelled in the 59th minute with a penalty from captain Iago Aspas but Atletico soon restored their lead when Correa arrowed into the bottom corner after a superb diagonal ball from Saul Niguez, who had been expected to leave the club during the close season.

The game ended in chaos as Celta captain Hugo Mallo and Atletico defender Mario Hermoso were shown red cards in added time for clashing off the ball while players all over the pitch could be seen confronting each other in the melee.

Atletico were fortunate not to concede an equaliser when Aspas rounded keeper Jan Oblak but the striker somehow missed the target with the goal gaping.

The champions were forced to defend deep in their own half until the 10th minute of added time to make an ideal start in their bid to successfully defend a league title for the first time since 1951.

A series of banners attacking Barcelona president Joan Laporta for his role in Lionel Messi's departure have been hung outside Camp Nou ahead of the club's first game of the LaLiga season against Real Sociedad (2 p.m. ET live on ESPN+) on Sunday.

Messi joined Paris Saint-Germain this week after Barca were unable to register a new contract for the forward under LaLiga's strict salary cap rules, after his previous deal expired in June.

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"Messi in Paris, you in Ibiza!" one of the banners read, criticising Laporta's holiday break on the island this week.

Others read "Barca yes, Laporta no" and "Barca isn't your business" as well as "Laporta, liar."

"Laporta Judas. You deceived D10s" one banner said. Messi was known as 'God' -- or Dios in Spanish -- by Barca fans, and wore the No. 10 shirt.

Most pointedly of all, a banner hung just metres from Camp Nou called Laporta a "lackey of Florentino," referring to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.

Former Barca board member Jaume Llopis claimed this week that Perez had helped convince Laporta to reject LaLiga's deal with investment fund CVC Partners to inject up to €2.7 billion into the league, which could have helped Messi to stay.

Perez released a statement this week denying "any influence" on Messi's exit, "nor any other decision of FC Barcelona."

Laporta was chosen by club members as Barcelona president in March -- having previously been in charge at the club from 2003 to 2010 -- when he won elections to replace Jose Maria Bartomeu, who had resigned in October 2020.

He was victorious in those elections by a significant margin and came to office promising to sort out the club's finances, presenting himself as the candidate best-placed to convince Messi to stay.

However, Laporta subsequently said the club was "in a worse state than I expected" -- and Messi's departure this week was a serious blow to his reputation.

Barcelona's financial problems have seen their overall spending limit on wages for players and coaching staff drop from over €600 million in 2019-20 to around €200 million now. That made it impossible for the club to register an agreed new five-year deal with Messi.

One of the club's captains, Gerard Pique, had to accept a substantial pay cut this week to allow them to register new signings Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia in time for their first match of the season, hosting Real Sociedad on Sunday evening.

Nuno Espirito Santo started his tenure as Tottenham Hotspur manager with a 1-0 win over 2020-21 Premier League champions Manchester City on Sunday.

Harry Kane, who has been linked with a move to City, wasn't in the squad for the match.

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Son Heung-Min scored the game's only goal in the second half after a strong counter-attack from Tottenham.

The goal came against the run of play with City dominating possession and shots.

Spurs broke with the ball after Hugo Lloris had saved a City attempt. Steven Bergwijn found Son who had raced down the pitch. He slotted the ball past Ederson who didn't have time to dive to save it.

England captain Kane only returned to training with Spurs on Friday after an extended break following Euro 2020.

An MRI on Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love's right shoulder Sunday morning came back clean, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Love is unlikely to miss any time, the source said.

Love was hit around his right arm and shoulder on a sack-fumble late in the second quarter of the Packers' preseason opener on Saturday, a 26-7 loss to the Houston Texans at Lambeau Field. He played one more series to close the first half, but every play was a run.

The second-year Packers quarterback was scheduled to play into the third quarter, but coach Matt LaFleur changed his mind after Love was hit.

Saturday's game against the Texans marked Love's first NFL preseason game; the 2020 preseason was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Love went 12-of-17 for 122 yards, one touchdown and one lost fumble for a 110.4 rating.

The Packers are not planning to play Aaron Rodgers at all this preseason.

ESPN's Rob Demovsky contributed to this report.

In sports they say, "Act like you've been there before," when it comes to celebrations. Well, until Sunday at the Wyndham Championship, Chesson Hadley had never "been there before," and thankfully he didn't act like he had.

Hadley holed a 9-iron from 160 yards at the par-3 16th, his seventh hole of the final round, for his first career hole-in-one on the PGA Tour.

Hadley started the week 132nd in the FedExCup standings, with the top 125 gaining entrance into next week's first playoff event. He followed the hole-in-one with a birdie and was 6 under on his round through his first eight holes, moving him to T-15 at the time and a projected 127th place in the standings.

800m winners take overall £1000 first prizes while Elliot Giles stands out in 1500m contest

Ellie Baker and Thomas Randolph were declared winners of the inaugural Saucony British Milers Club Grand Prix Points Series thanks to their 800m victories, while Elliot Giles impressed over 1500m in Eltham.

The women’s two-lap contest saw the contenders ignore the advertised 57.5 pace and the pack went through in 61, with European under-23 champion Isabelle Boffey leading down the back straight.

However, in the last 100m European Team Championships winner Baker burst away, showing the strength that had taken her to a 4:06.54 1500m midweek PB, clocking 2:01.66.

That gave her 94 points in the overall Grand Prix standings, ahead of  Jenny Selman and Jenny Nesbitt, who were second equal with 80.

Northern Ireland’s Katie Kirk came through in a PB of 2:02.10 to take second place as the first six finished inside 2:03. Boffey was third in 2:02.29, while there were also fast times for Selman (2:02.44), and Olympian Revee Walcott-Nolan (2:02.46), who completed a quality top five.

Ireland’s Jenna Bromell was sixth in 2:02.77, while in seventh European indoor 1500m silver medallist Holly Archer set a PB of 2:03.94 and there was also a PB – 2:04.65 – for local athlete Sabrina Sinha in eighth.

The men’s 800m lacked the same depth but European under-23 medallist Randolph showed great acceleration in the last 200m to win easily in 1:47.4. Rocco Zaman-Browne was a distant second in 1:49.2, with James McMurray third in 1:49.3.

That victory was enough for Randolph to win the men’s Grand Prix on 88 points to McMurray’s 85 and Kyle Langford’s 82.

Langford was second in a 1500m contest which was dominated by British Indoor 800m record-holder Elliot Giles. The pre-event pace had been advertised as 1:55 at 800m with a target of 3:38 but, at Giles’ instructions, the runners were told it would be 1:53 as he targeted a time of around 3:35 and the BMC record of 3:36.69 set by Jamie Murray in 2012.

Pacer Yusuf Biziman (1:46.76 in the NCAA final) did a brilliant job, reaching halfway bang on target, but then carried on through to 1000m. Giles then took over and sped past the bell in 2:36. He kept his form well but eventually the fast pace and very breezy conditions took their toll. He was still able to win by four seconds in 3:37.01, just missing Murray’s record.

Giles afterwards admitted he had been hoping to run faster but following a pacemaker through that sort of time and then running solo was a new experience .

The pack did make up a lot of the ground on the last lap and it was fellow 800m specialist Langford who came from well back to set a PB of 3:41.08.

The 20-year-old Thomas Keen also set a PB in third with 3:41.34 while European Indoor 800m medallist Jamie Webb took seconds off his best with 3:41.88 in fifth, one place up on UK under-23 3000m record-holder Tom Mortimer who had led the chasing pack for much of the race.

Sam Stevens won the men’s 1500m B race by five seconds in a PB 3:41.1.

Georgie Hartigan was the only athlete to go with the pacer in the BMC women’s 1500m in 4:11.65, with Irish athletes completing the top three as she was followed home by Louise Shanahan (4:15.43) and Maisy O’Sullivan (4:15.53).

Lilly Hawkins was close to her PB in fourth in 4:16.59 in fourth, with Niamh Bridson-Hubbard going inside 4:20 for the first time with 4:19.00 in fifth.

In the C race, World and European masters champion Zoe Doyle, ran a notable PB in second of 4:32.45 at the age of 44.

Callum Elson won the men’s 5000m in 14:07.71 while, in the last race of the day, Nesbitt won the women’s race in 15:39.56 with Abbie Donnelly was second in 15:49.69.

Saucony British Milers Club Grand Prix Points Series
Overall men: 1 Thomas Randolph (Tamworth/St Mary’s) 88 points (£1,000); 2 James Mcmurray (St Albans AC) 85 (£500); 3 Kyle Langford (Shaftesbury Barnet) 82 (£200); 4 Tiarnan Crorken (Preston) 75; 5 Rocco Zaman-Browne (U23 Sale Manchester H) 68; 6 Thomas Keen (U23 Cambridge & Coleridge) 64.

Women: 1 Ellie Baker (Shaftesbury Barnet) 94; 2= Jenny Selman (Fife) and Jennifer Nesbitt (Cardiff AC) 80 (£500 each); 4 Jenna Bromell (Ireland) 76; 5 Sabrina Sinha (U23 Cambridge H) 61.